

Brighton Field Day
Culture camp
The Seminole Culture camp is an area where visitors can walk through to speak with Seminole tribal members about lifestyle, history, and culture. At the camp you can eat food and sit to chat. We encourage schools that visit to come by and speak to the members of the Seminole Tribe, as they are open to talking to anyone who wants to learn.
The culture camp area is located on the East side of the festival grounds; you will see them on the opposite side of the picnic area.
There is the main Cooking Chickee, where most of the tribal members will be cooking and demonstrating how to make pumpkin bread. Surrounding the area is the eating chickee, where all the sample foods will be laid out for anyone to try. There are other chickees that will have beading and wood carving demos for anyone to watch and ask questions.

What is a Chickee?
Chickee is the Seminole word for house (Chick-EE). A hut type shelter that is made from palmetto fans and cypress logs. Palmetto fans are used as the roofing or cover. The framework of the chickee is made from cypress logs. Chickees are not usually walled but have an open-air design. Chickees are multipurpose structures as they are used for a cooking area, bath area, eating, and sleeping.
Chickees for sleeping have a raised platform for bedding. The eating chickee also has a raised platform for meals and benches surrounding it.
We encourage everyone to walk freely in the Culture Camp area. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and say hello.

Roofing is done by thatching palmetto palms tightly to the frame
rodeo schedule
THURSDAY: 7PM
FRIDAY: 11AM & 7PM
SATURDAY/SUNDAY: 3PM


